![]() Meaning you can always go back and change colors add more icons without needing to re-create it from the start. This way of exporting your Highlight covers keeps your canvas a “working” file. To export our Highlight covers we will need to make one icon visible at a time, and export it. You have your icons on separate layers, one background color, and maybe a texture too. There are two ways you can export your covers depending on your background. The final step we will take is exporting the Highlight covers as images that we can easily add to our Instagram Highlight covers. Move the icon to the center of the canvas, if it’s centered you will see golden yellow vertical and horizontal lines appear. Make sure you have “Uniform” and “Snapping” selected. To center your icons, select it and tap on Transformation (mouse pointer icon). When you have your icon, you will need to center it on the canvas to make sure it doesn’t look odd or get cut off when setting it as your Highlight cover. If you plan to use more than 2 colors on your icons as I have above you could make each color on separate layers and group them. Make sure you create a blank layer to work on for each icon to easily edit it. I am using the (Rough Inker) brush from the Procreate brush bundle to draw my icons. For my icons, I’ll be drawing a Calendar, Wreath, Moon, and FAQ text in white and add dusty pink detailing. With our background set, we can start making our icons or text for each Highlight cover. You can also skip and leave your background color white if you plan on having different colors for your backgrounds. If you plan on having different background colors/textures you can add and work on a new layer for each one by pressing on the plus (+) symbol in your Layers panel. I used 2 similar shades to the top and bottom part of my canvas using the (Soft Marble i) brush. To do this I started working on my “Layer 1”. I’m going to add texture to the background so it doesn’t look flat. ![]() ![]() At the bottom of the Layers panel, you will see “Background Color”, tap on it to select a color. To set a color for your background go to your Layers panel (Stacked square icon top right). For my Highlight covers, I want the same background. It’s a good idea to know what style, color palette, and types of covers you want to keep everything cohesive. We are now going to make our background/s for our Highlight covers. If you aren’t sure how to do this we have a tutorial on How to use Procreate Drawing Guides. Next, with our custom canvas open, we are going to add a 2D Grid Drawing Guide to help with placement and sizing. The first thing we need to do is create a custom canvas size that is 1080px in width and 1920px in height (1080 x 1920px). Having a canvas that is the correct size will help with centering your icon and ensuring it’s good quality. If you do not see the features mentioned below, ensure your Procreate is up-to-date. Please note: we are using the latest version of Procreate 5X.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |